This study intends to find out the influences of exposure to pornography among young people inrnAddis Ababa. It envisioned examining how young people respond to sexually explicit media,rnthereby identifying how the youth perceive and interpret pornography in their daily life activities.rnQualitative research method is used and focus group discussion and in-depth individualrninterview were the major instruments used to collect data for the study.rnThe result of the study showed that young pornography viewers are influenced in many ways,rnboth positively and negatively: such as rushing to early and unsafe sexual practices, arousal,rndistorting value and image of women, imitating Western sexual acts and practices, among others.rnIt is also demonstrated that for few pornography viewing youth, the material has an educativernrole in informing viewers how to gratify sexual partners using different sexual acts, besidesrnenabling them ‘to break the silence’ about sex.